E4 - A Bar's Secret Ingredient - The Face of a Martini

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[00:05] Kamishima
    Monsieur Yamanouchi, was it?
[00:09] Taizo
    Yeah.
[00:10] Taizo
    He's a chef at the most difficult restaurant
    to get reservations for in Paris right now.
[00:15] Taizo
    Our French chef had to suddenly return home
    due to an illness in his family.
[00:21] Kamishima
    Oh.
[00:23] Taizo
    I scouted out a replacement,
    and we're in talks now,
[00:28] Taizo
    but his conditions are extremely
    specific, as you can see.
[00:31] Kamishima
    "All provided ingredients must be
    identical to those used in Paris"?
[00:35] Kamishima
    Even the water and vegetables?
[00:37] Taizo
    It might be different
    with a small restaurant,
[00:39] Taizo
    but on the scale of a hotel,
    that would be horrible for profits.
[00:42] Kamishima
    I suppose you'll have to negotiate
    and convince him to compromise on things.
[00:47] Taizo
    Exactly right.
[00:48] Taizo
    He's a tough opponent,
     but he'd be great for the hotel.
[00:52] Taizo
    It's in your hands now, Kamishima-kun.
[00:55] Kamishima
    Wh-What? Do I have to do it?
[00:58] Taizo
    I don't care how. Pray to a higher
    power for help if you have to.
[01:02] Taizo
    Or, maybe, pray for the Glass of God.
[01:05] Kamishima
    Oh.
SIGN    Glass of God
[02:48] Ryu
    Here you are. A Moscow Mule.
[02:57] Kamishima
    Whoa.
[02:59] Kamishima
    I've never had such a delicious
    Moscow Mule before!
[03:03] Ryu
    Thank you very much.
[03:04] Kamishima
    My boss and my staff kept saying,
    "You'll know it when you drink it."
[03:09] Ryu
    Would that be Kurushima-san?
[03:11] Kamishima
    Huh? How did you know?
[03:13] Ryu
    You have excellent posture when seated, so
    I assumed you might be employed at the hotel.
[03:18] Kamishima
    Wow. You really do have a sharp eye.
[03:23] Kamishima
    Honestly, before I came here, I wasn't
    really sure what "Glass of God" meant.
[03:29] Kamishima
    Until now, with this one drink.
    It isn't simply delicious.
[03:35] Kamishima
    Yeah, it feels like it gave me a nudge.
[03:38] Kamishima
    A little push to give things another shot.
[03:40] Kamishima
    Your cocktails really can give people
    an emotional boost.
[03:46] Ryu
    That's very flattering.
[03:47] Kamishima
    And that's why I'm here.
[03:49] Kamishima
    I want your help with something.
[03:51] Kamishima
    I want you to use your drinks
    to change someone's mind.
[03:56] Ryu
    Oh...
[03:58] Kamishima
    Please! You'd be saving my neck!
[04:01] Kamishima
    I'm begging you! I mean it!
SIGN    Ogura
[04:06] Ryu
    Ugh. Why does it have to be me?
[04:10] Taisho
    Were those girls asking the impossible again?
[04:13] Ryu
    Well, their boss asked me for a favor.
[04:22] Ryu
    Chief, did you change the recipe?
[04:24] Taisho
    I'm impressed you noticed.
    I added a secret ingredient.
[04:29] Ryu
    Miso? But there's something else.
[04:33] Ryu
    What is it?
[04:34] Taisho
    Honey.
[04:35] Ryu
    Huh?!
[04:36] Ryu
    You put honey in gyoza?
[04:38] Taisho
    Sounds crazy, right?
[04:40] Taisho
    Just goes to show that if you can
    overcome your preconceptions,
[04:43] Taisho
    you open yourself to discovering new flavors.
[04:48] Ryu
    Preconceptions, huh.
[04:51] Yukari
    Huh? You went to Edenhall by yourself, Boss?
[04:55] Miwa
    Did Sasakura-san say
    that he would work for us?
[04:59] Taisho
    No, it was for something else.
    The chairman sent me.
[05:03] Taisho
    I'm trying to rope in Monsieur Yamanouchi.
[05:06] Yukari
    Huh? That famous three-star chef?
[05:09] Kamishima
    Yeah.
[05:10] Yukari
    That's really asking the impossible!
[05:12] Kamishima
    I played the hand I had.
[05:13] Miwa
    Do you mean... Is that why
    you went to Sasakura-san's bar?
[05:18] Kamishima
    Yeah. This weekend,
     we'll attend to Chef Yamanouchi.
[05:24] Kamishima
    We'll finish the night at Edenhall.
[05:26] Kamishima
    We can't make any mistakes.
    I want you both there in top form.
[05:41] Kamishima
    Well, hello there.
[05:58] Yamanouchi
    Kamishima-san.
[05:59] Kamishima
    Yes?
[06:00] Yamanouchi
    I'm not telling you to source ingredients
    from France because I'm a Francophile.
[06:07] Yamanouchi
    Imagine if I wanted to start
    a yakitori restaurant in Paris.
[06:10] Yamanouchi
    The meat is one thing,
    but what about the sauce?
[06:14] Yamanouchi
    Can you make the sauce for yakitori
    without mirin, soy sauce, and zarame?
[06:18] Yamanouchi
    Would it be an unreasonable request
    to have those ingredients shipped from Japan?
[06:23] Kamishima
    Well, no.
[06:25] Kamishima
    However, when you're talking about
    the water for cooking and the vegetables...
[06:31] Yamanouchi
    If it would be impossible, then I have
    no interest in discussing this further.
[06:35] Yamanouchi
    I'll finish eating and
    then go back to the hotel.
[06:38] Kamishima
    No! Please let me take you
    to one more place.
[06:41] Miwa
    Please allow us to take you there.
[06:43] Yukari
    Yes, please!
[06:45] Yamanouchi
    Well, if you insist.
[06:48] Kamishima
    Thank you very much!
[06:53] Ryu
    Welcome.
[06:55] Yamanouchi
    I only came because they forced me.
[06:58] Yamanouchi
    Are you supposed to be
    the bartender serving me?
[07:02] Ryu
    Yes. There is a beverage
    I would like you to try.
[07:06] Ryu
    Here it is.
[07:09] Kamishima
    Please drink this and
    try to guess what it is.
[07:13] Yamanouchi
    What? Like a blind tasting?
[07:16] Kamishima
    Yes.
[07:17] Kamishima
    If you are able to guess correctly,
    then we will stop pressuring you.
[07:21] Kamishima
    But if you don't guess correctly...
[07:23] Yamanouchi
    Then I have to consider
    your offer. Is that right?
[07:28] Yamanouchi
    I'm a chef of French cuisine. I'm rather
    confident in my knowledge of alcohol.
[07:35] Yamanouchi
    And you still want to test me?
[07:41] Yamanouchi
    Very well.
[07:48] Ryu
    Here you are.
[07:49] Ryu
    I prepared the beverage
    that Kamishima-sama selected.
[07:52] Kamishima
    Huh?
[07:53] Yamanouchi
    Hmm.
[07:57] Yamanouchi
    It's more of an amber color,
    like tea, than it is red.
[08:01] Yamanouchi
    It's the shade of a vintage port wine.
[08:05] Yamanouchi
    The legs are about average. It must
    not have a high percentage of alcohol.
[08:11] Yamanouchi
    The odor has slight notes of yeast,
    like Japanese miso.
[08:25] Yamanouchi
    If they chose this for me to taste,
    it must be a wine.
[08:30] Yamanouchi
    And this aftertaste...
[08:33] Yamanouchi
    It's definitely a sherry, either
    Amontillado or an oloroso.
[08:39] Yamanouchi
    This is...
[08:42] Yamanouchi
    an oloroso that has been aged
    about twenty years.
[08:48] Ryu
    The answer is...
[08:51] Miwa
    Oh!
[08:53] Yukari
    Is that...?
[08:55] Kamishima
    Sasakura-san, is that it?
SIGN    True Mirin
SIGN    Original Recipe Made with Pure Glutinous Rice
SIGN    Sanshu Mikawa Mirin
[09:02] Yamanouchi
    M-Mirin?!
[09:04] Ryu
    Yes.
[09:05] Ryu
    It's true mirin that was aged
    for ten years to let it mature.
[09:09] Miwa
    Mirin, like the cooking ingredient?
[09:12] Ryu
    Yes.
SIGN    Sanshu
    Mikawa
    Mirin
[09:13] Ryu
    True mirin is made by adding
    glutinous rice and koji mold to shochu.
[09:18] Ryu
    It's actually a sweet alcohol.
[09:21] Ryu
    If you would like, why don't
    the rest of you try it as well?
[09:27] Kamishima
    I never thought mirin could taste like this.
[09:29] Yukari
    I can understand why he
    said it tasted like a sherry.
[09:36] Yamanouchi
    Excuse me.
[09:38] Yamanouchi
    This wasn't a fair challenge!
[09:40] Yamanouchi
    You tried to trick me! I refuse
    to work with people like that!
[09:44] Kamishima
    Please wait!
[09:45] Ryu
    You truly are...
[09:46] Ryu
    a world-class chef...
[09:49] Ryu
    if you guessed it was oloroso from the faint,
    lingering odor of the koji mold.
[09:55] Ryu
    I expect you may have heard this before,
    but please allow me to share a story.
[10:00] Ryu
    There was a sommelier
    competition held in Tokyo once.
[10:05] Ryu
    One participant said that a Northern
    European alcohol was Japanese umeshu.
[10:10] Ryu
    As the event was held in Japan, his
    preconceptions probably affected his tasting.
[10:16] Ryu
    But later, that same man was recognized
    as the most talented sommelier in the world,
[10:21] Ryu
    which proves that he did have
    an excellent sense of taste.
[10:24] Miwa
    How could such a top-class sommelier
    confuse a European liquor for umeshu?
[10:30] Kamishima
    Preconceptions, huh.
[10:33] Ryu
    I imagine that you have also been burdened
    by preconceptions of Japaneseness,
[10:37] Ryu
    Chef Yamanouchi.
[10:41] Ryu
    You were told that if you used
    ingredients from outside of France,
[10:44] Ryu
    your cuisine could not be called French.
[10:47] Ryu
    Even if you carefully
    followed authentic recipes,
[10:50] Ryu
    you would be criticized
    for using the wrong technique.
[10:54] Kamishima
    So that's why he was so insistent
    on using French ingredients.
[10:58] Yamanouchi
    How could you possibly know that about me?
[11:01] Ryu
    Because I had the same experience.
[11:04] Ryu
    "Can a Japanese person understand Western
    flavors? Can he really make our cocktails?"
[11:11] Ryu
    The message you wanted
     to express, Kamishima-sama,
[11:13] Ryu
    was to not lose yourself to
    such trivial preconceptions, I assume.
[11:17] Ryu
    And that's why you chose
    such a tricky alcohol.
[11:22] Yamanouchi
    Did you really put
    that much thought into this?
[11:24] Kamishima
    Huh?
[11:25] Ryu
    He certainly did. Right, Kamishima-san?
[11:27] Kamishima
    Uh, well... yes.
[11:33] Yamanouchi
    Kamishima-san.
[11:34] Kamishima
    Yes?
[11:35] Yamanouchi
    I suppose I would be interested in hearing
    a little more about your hotel's offer.
[11:42] Kamishima
    Thank you very much!
[11:46] Taizo
    You did a great job.
[11:48] Kamishima
    No, it was all thanks to your advice.
[11:52] Taizo
    I wish I had been there to see
    the look on Monsieur Yamanouchi's face.
[11:57] Kamishima
    But that Sasakura sure is impressive!
[12:00] Kamishima
    How do you become such a thoughtful and
    considerate bartender at such a young age?
[12:06] Taizo
    If you feel that way, then don't waste
    any more time bringing him here.
[12:11] Kamishima
    Yes, sir.
[12:13] Miwa
    Yamanouchi-san saw through
    the whole thing, though.
[12:16] Miwa
    There's no way the manager would
    have known about that mirin.
[12:20] Ryu
    A bartender is no different than mirin.
    He is merely the bar's secret ingredient.
[12:25] Miwa
    Then what are the guests?
[12:27] Ryu
    They are the main dish, of course.
    The lead characters.
[12:31] Ryu
    In the truest sense, the people who
    actually make the bar are the customers.
[12:37] Kyoko
    Hello. Good evening.
[12:39] Miwa
    Oh.
[12:41] (Flashback) Kyoko
    I finally worked up the courage
    to quit my job today.
[12:48] Ryu
    Please have a seat.
SIGN    Glass of God
[12:52] Kyoko
    Huh? You were here that day?
[12:55] Kyoko
    Wow. Please forget about it!
[12:57] Miwa
    What about your bartending job?
[12:59] Kyoko
    I decided to stay on
    after this guy lectured me.
[13:03] Miwa
    Huh? Sasakura-san did?
[13:07] Kyoko
    After that, I gave it my best shot, and
    now I'm finally allowed to mix cocktails.
[13:14] Kyoko
    But still...
[13:18] (Flashback) Kyoko
    Here you are.
[13:19] (Flashback) Kyoko
    A Martini.
[13:27] (Flashback) Minami
    This Martini...
[13:29] (Flashback) Minami
    has no face.
[13:33] (Flashback) Minami
    I don't think making Martinis
    like this will help your training.
[13:38] Kyoko
    Geez.
[13:40] Kyoko
    A "face"? What? I don't get it at all.
[13:44] Ryu
    What would you like?
[13:48] Kyoko
    Please use Beefeater gin and Noilly
    vermouth at a three-to-one ratio
[13:53] Kyoko
    and make me a Martini that has a face.
[13:56] Ryu
    Understood.
[13:59] Ryu
    The Martini uses only gin and vermouth
    and is very simple to make.
[14:05] Ryu
    So why is it called the king of cocktails?
[14:10] Ryu
    It's because there are
    infinite combinations.
[14:13] Ryu
    Which brands will you use?
    What ratio will you use?
[14:17] Ryu
    Depending on who makes it,
[14:19] Ryu
    the coupling of gin and vermouth could
    produce many different expressions.
[14:25] Ryu
    That's why the Martini is...
[14:29] Ryu
    a very special cocktail.
[14:35] Kyoko
    It gives off a fragrance.
[14:41] Kyoko
    This is totally different from my Martinis.
[14:45] Kyoko
    Even though I try to make them
    the same way Minami-san does.
[14:48] Ryu
    Most likely, you haven't been drawing out
    the character of the Beefeater.
[14:54] Kyoko
    Character?
[14:55] Ryu
    If you water down Beefeater too much,
    it starts to lose its fragrance.
[15:00] Ryu
    If you stir it to mix air in,
    but without melting the ice,
[15:05] Ryu
    it starts to release a citrusy fragrance.
[15:08] Kyoko
    Minami-san never taught me that.
[15:12] Ryu
    Kawakami-san, why did you
    choose Beefeater for the gin?
[15:17] Kyoko
    Well, that's because it's what
    Minami-san always used at the bar.
[15:21] Ryu
    Regardless of which gin you use,
    if you don't bring out its character,
[15:26] Ryu
    bartenders will tell you,
[15:29] Ryu
    "This Martini has no face."
[15:33] Kyoko
    So that's what it meant.
[15:36] Ryu
    I feel the same way as Minami-san.
[15:38] Kyoko
    Huh?
[15:39] Ryu
    It's impossible to learn something
    from words alone.
[15:42] Ryu
    The anxiety, the uncertainty you feel,
[15:44] Ryu
    and the blood you shed doing something by
     yourself are the only things that can teach you.
[15:49] Ryu
    If that's too difficult for you, perhaps
    you would find it more enjoyable
[15:54] Ryu
    to remain seated on that side of the bar.
[15:58] Kyoko
    How can you talk to me like that?
    That time before, and now today...
[16:02] Kyoko
    Who do you think you are, anyway?
[16:04] Miwa
    Sasakura-san, that was a little harsh.
[16:06] Ryu
    If you still have the energy
    to get that angry,
[16:08] Ryu
    would you like to go out
    to have one more Martini?
[16:12] Kyoko
    Huh?
[16:14] Kyoko
    Where are we going?
[16:16] Ryu
    To a bar I was taken to back
    when I was still an apprentice.
[16:21] Kyoko
    Hell's arms?
[16:23] Ryu
    I haven't been here in a long time.
[16:31] Miwa
    Huh. It's a music bar!
[16:34] Kyoko
    I came for the Martini,
    but isn't this a place for music?
[16:41] Miwa
    And the bartender is a woman.
[16:43] Kyoko
    Oh, you're right.
[16:46] Yuri
    Welcome.
[16:49] Ryu
    Is Uehara-san here today?
[16:52] Yuri
    No, the owner took the day off.
[16:54] Ryu
    Oh, okay. Well, I'd like a Martini, please.
[16:57] Miwa
    Me too.
[16:59] Kyoko
    Me too, please.
[17:00] Yuri
    Three Martinis. Got it.
[17:06] Kyoko
    A Vodka Martini?
[17:09] Ryu
    Overseas, Martinis are often
    made shaken with vodka.
[17:20] Yuri
    Here you are. Three Martinis.
[17:29] Kyoko
    I did expect it would have
    sharper flavor than a Gin Martini,
[17:33] Kyoko
    but it goes down easy
    and has a strong punch.
[17:37] Kyoko
    I guess this is still a Martini.
[17:39] Miwa
    The peel sinks to the bottom.
    That makes it a lot easier to drink.
[17:44] Ryu
    I'm impressed that you noticed!
[17:46] Kyoko
    Huh?
[17:48] Kyoko
    You're right. Normally,
    the lemon peel floats to the top.
[17:53] Kyoko
    How did you do this?
[17:56] Yuri
    Secret of the trade.
[18:01] (Flashback) Ryu
    That must be...
[18:02] (Flashback) Uehara
    Just a little something I thought of.
[18:05] (Flashback) Uehara
    This way, the customer won't have to
    move the lemon peel aside to drink it.
[18:13] (Flashback) Uehara
    You've got to have a good eye
    to work in the service industry
[18:17] (Flashback) Uehara
    and be able to notice little things
    that most people wouldn't.
[18:23] Ryu
    I learned that from
    Uehara-san a long time ago.
[18:27] Yuri
    Pardon me, but who are you?
[18:30] Ryu
    I used to work at Bar Kaze.
SIGN    Sasakura Ryu
[18:33] Ryu
    My name is Sasakura.
[18:35] Kyoko
    Oh, I forgot to introduce myself.
[18:38] Kyoko
    I work at Bar Minami in Ginza.
    I'm Kawakami Kyoko.
[18:41] Yuri
    So you're in the business too?
SIGN    Kinjo Yuri
[18:44] Yuri
    My name is Kinjo Yuri.
[18:46] Yuri
    I just started bartending,
    so this is only my third year.
[18:49] Kyoko
    Third year? But this is so delicious.
[18:53] Kyoko
    Even though you've only been
    working as long as I have.
[18:56] Yuri
    What would you like next?
[18:58] Miwa
    Hmm, what should I go with?
[19:01] Kyoko
    I wonder what kind of "face"
    it will have when she makes it.
[19:06] Kyoko
    A Gin Martini, please.
[19:13] Kyoko
    You freeze the gin?
[19:15] Yuri
    Not quite freeze, but I keep it
    at minus five or six degrees.
[19:19] Yuri
    60 milliliters of gin.
[19:20] Yuri
    And for vermouth, I use
    Martini Extra Dry. Two dashes.
[19:25] Kyoko
    Dry and dry.
[19:27] Yuri
    Yeah. Then I stir it a little longer
    than normal to raise the temperature a bit.
[19:34] Kyoko
    You raise the temperature?
[19:36] Ryu
    When the temperature goes up
    by one degree,
[19:38] Ryu
    the fragrance and flavor
    of the gin really open up.
[19:41] Ryu
    But it maintains its coldness,
    just like when you chill it with ice.
[19:46] Kyoko
    I always thought that stirring and shaking
    were only to lower the temperature.
[19:52] Miwa
    Is it all right for you to be sharing
    your technique with other bartenders?
[19:56] Yuri
    Even if the amounts are exactly the same,
[19:58] Yuri
    different people can't necessarily
    create the exact same flavor.
[20:02] Yuri
    This Martini is my very own Martini.
[20:10] Kyoko
    This is her own Martini.
[20:14] Kyoko
    It does have a kick, but the fragrance
    and character of the gin comes through well.
[20:21] Kyoko
    I'm ashamed to admit it,
    but this is delicious.
[20:24] Yuri
    Thanks.
[20:25] Miwa
    Different Martinis really
    can have different characters.
[20:29] Kyoko
    The face of a Martini...
[20:32] Kyoko
    is the character of
    the bartender who makes it.
[20:37] Kyoko
    But I still don't know
    what kind of bartender I am.
[20:42] Ryu
    You're the only person
    who can make your Martini.
[20:45] Kyoko
    Huh?
[20:45] Ryu
    I'm sure you'll find it eventually.
[20:49] Yuri
    I decided to enter a competition
    for that exact reason.
[20:53] Kyoko
    Huh? Competition?
[20:55] Yuri
    You've heard of the Cocktail Award, right?
[20:57] Kyoko
    Yes.
[20:59] Kyoko
    The one where you're told to create
    an original version of a specified cocktail.
[21:03] Yuri
    I thought if I competed in that,
    I'd be able to see a lot more clearly...
[21:09] Yuri
    what kind of bartender I want to become.
[21:12] Customer
    Excuse me.
[21:14] Yuri
    Well, enjoy.
[21:19] Kyoko
    What kind of bartender, huh.
[21:25] Uehara
    Oh? Sasakura-kun dropped by?
[21:29] Uehara
    The "Glass of God" guy, huh?
[21:32] Yuri
    Glass of God?
[21:33] Uehara
    Yeah.
[21:35] (Flashback) Uehara
    So you're the new guy at Bar Kaze?
[21:38] (Flashback) Uehara
    What kind of bartender
    do you want to become?
[21:41] (Flashback) Ryu
    One that can make the Glass of God
[21:44] (Flashback) Ryu
    and relieve all of the guests'
    worries with a single drink.
[21:49] Uehara
    Yeah. He had a real hungry look
    in his eye when he told me that.
[21:53] Yuri
    He didn't look that way to me, though.
[21:56] Uehara
    Oh?
[22:01] Taizo
    All right, I can do that.
[22:02] Kuzuhara
    I realize how presumptuous it is of me
    to request that from you, Chairman.
[22:07] Taizo
    It's fine. Don't sweat it.
[22:10] Taizo
    I think I have a good idea, anyway.
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